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youtube api video category id list
2 - Autos & Vehicles
1 - Film & Animation
10 - Music
15 - Pets & Animals
17 - Sports
18 - Short Movies
19 - Travel & Events
20 - Gaming
21 - Videoblogging
22 - People & Blogs
23 - Comedy
24 - Entertainment
25 - News & Politics
26 - Howto & Style
27 - Education
28 - Science & Technology
29 - Nonprofits & Activism
30 - Movies
31 - Anime/Animation
32 - Action/Adventure
33 - Classics
34 - Comedy
35 - Documentary
36 - Drama
37 - Family
38 - Foreign
39 - Horror
40 - Sci-Fi/Fantasy
41 - Thriller
42 - Shorts
43 - Shows
44 - Trailers
From youtube upload page
2 - Cars & Vehicles
23 - Comedy
27 - Education
24 - Entertainment
1 - Film & Animation
20 - Gaming
26 - How-to & Style
10 - Music
25 - News & Politics
29 - Non-profits & Activism
22 - People & Blogs
15 - Pets & Animals
28 - Science & Technology
17 - Sport
19 - Travel & Events
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j33tmane commented Sep 5, 2019

{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategoryListResponse",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/a-cAGBlUieMWfqnewFVcxp13-bo"",
"items": [
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/fnL4T7wf3HKS8VCeb2Mui5q9zeM"",
"id": "GCQmVzdCBvZiBZb3VUdWJl",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Best of YouTube"
}
},
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/ImrTevQ0UvryyOmvjPFFu85AKCU"",
"id": "GCQ3JlYXRvciBvbiB0aGUgUmlzZQ",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Creator on the Rise"
}
},
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/mbUaBJAZzQQXrUy_F02c8idvkek"",
"id": "GCTXVzaWM",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Music"
}
},
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/dhUpBnIOaCoCDniv0ZybQIGWa8k"",
"id": "GCQ29tZWR5",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Comedy"
}
},
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/nPXKSW3gvbE_IGO9kQ0pVWWIX3E"",
"id": "GCRmlsbSAmIEVudGVydGFpbm1lbnQ",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Film & Entertainment"
}
},
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/81fHLyWLDYMN1EQqlz89HXIdMs4"",
"id": "GCR2FtaW5n",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Gaming"
}
},
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/H1ihcHpjpFnqgfFZnS7Y95-ELJE"",
"id": "GCQmVhdXR5ICYgRmFzaGlvbg",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Beauty & Fashion"
}
},
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/Pv5088ySWfRzEy9SLDhygXIXhag"",
"id": "GCU3BvcnRz",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Sports"
}
},
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/gRB8nQk5gRYsCtZYQAPUufs9ElM"",
"id": "GCVGVjaA",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Tech"
}
},
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/NECk71Pm-g9olSeb8f65ze2ElOc"",
"id": "GCQ29va2luZyAmIEhlYWx0aA",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "Cooking & Health"
}
},
{
"kind": "youtube#guideCategory",
"etag": ""8jEFfXBrqiSrcF6Ee7MQuz8XuAM/AVwXb7tzi2-JuEetcsorNLk6tZg"",
"id": "GCTmV3cyAmIFBvbGl0aWNz",
"snippet": {
"channelId": "UCBR8-60-B28hp2BmDPdntcQ",
"title": "News & Politics"
}
}
]
}

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CodyGibson commented Nov 25, 2019

Too much information for me! Very interesting code and information, but I'm a student and not yet ready for it. I found a useful source in Google and I understand the basics of writing codes and more.

@lukelu520
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lukelu520 commented Jun 15, 2020

Is 26 - How-to & Style should be Howto & Style ? The dash "-" causes upload error.

@dynoChris
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Many thanks!

@samplethunkable
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anyone please provide how to use Autobot-clipper step by step Video Plsea

@sharukhkhanajm
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Hi, can anyone tell me how can I only fetch Programming and Tech related videos?
for now, if I use 28 then it will fetch all the videos in the category of 28.
but I only want to fetch the programming-related videos.

@Adinapunyo-Banerjee
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No one noticed? 23 and 34 are both Comedy!

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